What bike am I selling?

[silk186]

I bought this bike when I first moved to reading. I got it for a great price and put some time into fixing it up. Unfortunately it is a bit too small for me.

The bike seems to be 18" if I measured correctly (From the center of the crank to the base of the seat post).
I bought the bike second hand some I don't know how much it has been customized. It has been converted to a fixie and the break has been changed. It says:

diamondback on the handlebar strem,
forks and crank say suntour,
gears are Shimano SIS and Shimano Atlas the the derailer,
breaks say radius
The frame has a sticker that says Falcon 02.

 

[smokeysmoo]

The frame has a sticker that says Falcon 02.

to CC.

I can confirm that your bike is officially a frankenbike

Seriusly though, it's clearly just an old Falcon framed MTB, the bars and stem are probably not original, everything else probably is IMO.

Not worth much money TBH, maybe £20 - £30 on a FB buy/sell site/car boot??

 

[silk186]

Really??? so little? I have a larger low end giant bike and except for size this bike is way more comfortable to ride and feels much lighter more solid.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Really??? so little?

That's only IMHO of course.

If you stick it on ebay you might get a couple of people who want it and that might drive the price a bit, but then of course your getting into ebay fees, paypal fees, postage, scam risks, re-listing etc, etc, etc.

Bikes of this genre generally aren't even worth the sum of their parts, and the only things that depreciate faster are balloons made of lead

Might be worth stripping it and selling all the bits seperately, but this takes time and does required the use of ebay for the largest audience and the potential issues quoted above.

Stick it on Gumtree for what you want for it, and when you can, (may need more posts on here first), stick it in the CC classifieds HERE as well.

@biggs682 ?

 

[biggs682]

@silk186 i would advertise it as a fixed gear mtb and see what response you get , try asking what you paid for it

 

[helston90]

Yeah I think @smokeysmoo has got it right- if you lived nearer I'd give you £25 for it as I need the tyres and the rest will be stripped and stored in my garage for parts. Nature of the beast.
You never know though- it may tickle someone.